Mud guard for vehicles



I. A. TAYLOR. MUD GUARD FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION `FILED JAN. Il. |918.

1,434,929. PafentedNov. 7,1922.

INVENTOR JAMES A.. TAYLR, 0F YORK, N. Yi.

Application filed January il., 5.913. V*Serial No. 211,365.

' "out/' fui/1,0m it muy concern: y

lie it known that l, Janes A. TAYLOR, a citizen oit the nited blt-etes1residing at the borough oit Manhattan, in the county, city and titateolli' New diferir, have invented cerain new and useful improvements inMud Guau-(leiter Vehicles, ot which the tollen ing is speciiication.

The modern automobile engine is of such ce iplicated construction thatit requires frequent attention and adjustment. Many parts such es the:arbureter, generator,` magneto, valves, etc., are situated under thehood et the engine and these parts can be reached only by leaning* overthe mud `guard or Crouching or bending' under the same. This is not onlya i painful and clothes soiling' operation but one that militatesagainst the elliciency ot the work and prevents continuing",l it for anyconsiderable time iuiinterruptedly. lt .is also impossible 'tor theoperator to come close to andisee plainly the parts upon which he isworking'. This is true not only oit the mud- `guard but also.` ot thedust-pan proper (which is also in a sense a nnul-ginird as its mainpurpose is to prevent dust and mud 'troni passingupward under the hoodinto the mechanism) to remove which is a ditlicult and disagreeabletask. Most ot' the above mentioned parts under the hood lie close to theoutside trame of the vehicle and could, provided the `dust-pan were notin the way, be'easily reachedtrom below without Inetting' beneath thevehicle. F or this purpose the space oit a foot beyond the 'traine isample to Vpermit ol .tree access t the engine parts.

`The objects of my invention are to provide a vehicle mud-.guard a partot' which serves as a combined. mud-guard and dustf pan which can bynnscrewini;- a double nut or loosening` any other suitable torni oi:astening' be `quickly .loosened andswuifr ont of the way oit a persondesiring access to the motor oit the vehicle eitiei 'trom the side orfrom underneath.` '.lhe construction is such thatit is n 3 necess ry todetach the mnd-guard or du pan trom the vehicle, but the same can beswung.' on pivots to a substantially i horizontal position and easilysecured firmly in place by locking' mecha nisin. i

To such ends my said invention in its preferred form consists ott avehicle wheel inndluard in two parts attached. the vehicle by twosupports one of which is pivoted to permit the rocking` or vibration otthe mud- Iguard on the pivot,` and the rother of which can be securelyfastened to the frame oi the vehicle while the` vehicle is in use; onepartot the mud-guard being` substantially of the usual typey and theother hingedfor jointed to' it in such manner that it can be projectedunder the 'motor oi' the vehicle and secured there in such a way that itconipletesthe mud-guard and leaves no aperture for the passing' oit mud,dust and other substances thrown upward by the wheels7 and at theSametime taires ythe place oi a part ol the dust-pan beneath the motor;and means tor securing the lsecond dust-pan portion et the mud-guard inposition.

lillhile in the drawings herein I have shown a right hand mud-guard, itis obvious that my invention is applicable toy either a right hand or a'lett hand mud-guard ly the mere adjustment of the various parts of thedevice.

My said invention is fully shown, described and claimed in thefollowing` specilication ot which the accompanying drawings torni apart; wherein letters or numerals ot reference designate like orequivalent pai-ts, wherever t'ound throughout `the several views, and inwhich Figure l is a right hand side view of my new and improved combinedadjustable mud-guard and dust-pan showing` its rela'- tion 'to anautomobile and showingin dotted lines the position taken by the samewhen its position has been changed so as to permit oit access to andmore convenient work upon the motor of the vehicle, f

Figure 2 is a top view of the forward part of the iframe of anautomobile equipped with my new and improved combined mudeuard anddust-pan showing the parts ot the dust-pan in the position taken by thesame when in use, together with a permanently iixed portion of adust-pan. y Figure 3 is atletailedjyiew of the bracket arm of my newvand improved combined umd-guard and dust-pan, the securing socket forthe same, adjustable y,catch and securing nutsfin place on a securing;bolt, showing'in dotted lines the catch., and se .curing mechanismelevated on the securingbolt when the position of the. same is changedso as to permit the bracket arm to 'be raised.

Figure e is side View of the `bracket arni and securing-bolt, catch andnuts shown in Fig. 3, the frame of the vehicle, the mud-guard and thedustepan parts in cross section, and the locking device to secure thelatter in position and permit a change of position of the latter, and indotted lines the inovable mud-guard portion of the dustpan let down soas to permit changing the position of the entire device.

Figure 5 is a side view in detail and section of securing bracket armand the pawl and l ratchet in lnid position during the shiftingoperation taken at the line arf-a on Figure 3. p

'Figure 6 is a detail view of the pivoted forward supporting bracket armof the mud-guard, shown in Fig. 1, together with a cross section of thewheel mud-guard, the spring to take up the motion in the pivoted bracketarm and double-nuts to secure the latter on the pivot.

Figure 7 is a cross section of the rear support bracket arm taken on avertical plane through the center of the-face of the arm appearing inFigure 3, and showing the slot 'in the saine through which the barpasses which supports the dust-pan mud-guard part and maintains thesaine in unid-guarding position.

Referring to the drawing:

My said new and improved vcombined mud-guard and dust-pan for vehiclescoinprises a mud-'guard consisting of two sections, A and B, Figs. 1, 2and f1 supported on the frame of the vehicle C by the bracket arms D andE. The bracket arm D is supported on the threaded pivot-bolt'l, Figs. 1and 6, which is securely attached to the frame C in suoli manner as toallow the entire 1nud-guard mechanism to rock or vibrate upon thepivot-bolt, intoA and out of mud-guarding position.

' The wheel mud-guard A, is of the usual type and is secured to thebracket arm D by bolts 2, 2, Figs. 1, and@n and to the bracket arm lllby the bolts 3, 3, but is not secured permanently to the frame of thevehicle eX- ccpt as d cribed. The dust-pan mud-guard B is h' d 'to thepart bv hinges et, it, Figs. 1, d in such manne hat when sey cured,4 ina horizontal position it entends underneath the frame and motor of thevehicle so as to forni a side portion of what is usually termed thedustpan. Then such part B is so secured in position on both the rightand left mud-guards of the vehicle substantialiy two thirds of the areabeneath the motor is covered by such dustpan portions of the mud-guards,while the central, intervening space is covered by the usual `dust-pan Fsecurely attached to the frame of the vehicle by bolts, 5, 5, 5, Fig. 2.The upright portion of the part A and the part B are' here shown forconvenieneeas fiat surfaced, sheets of metal, butmay be moulded orshaped so as'to conform to the shape of the particular vehicle frame ormotor on which it is desired to use the same. The part E is provided forits entire length with a strip of felt or leather 6 one edge of which iswedged into the slot T (Fig. t) formed by rolling up the outer edge ofthe part` B so as to prevent noise of vibration when the part B ispressed up against the zentral dust-pan F and also to prevent thedripping to the ground of oils and liquids from the engine.

The arm E is permanently secured to the part Si and provided at itsupper end with a diamond shaped securing head` S, the lower two faces ofwhich 9 and 10 rest in a groove 11 in a block 12 secured to the frame ofthe vehicle C by the bolts 13 and 1li, the faces of `which block 15 and16 are of the same size, shape and slant as the faces 9 and 10, whilethe part 8 is provided with a fiange 17 at its outer end which when inthe normal. 1niid-0iiaidii1g position abuts against the inner face 18,(Fig. fl) of the block 12 and` which iange extends below the bottom ofthe wedged shaped groove in the block 12 so as to prevent lateralmovement of the arin F and consequently of the 1nud-guard parts.

The threaded bolt 19 (Figs. 3 and 4;) is secured by a pivot-bolt 20 tothe block 21 on 'the frame C in such manner as to permit the bolt 19, tobe swung to the right or left as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,when it is desired to lift the head 8 out of the groove in the block 12so as to permit change of position of the entire mudguard naechanisrn. l

The securing block 22,'(Figs. 3 and 4) is held. in position by the bolt19 passing through the slot 23 in the -biocl 22, said block beingprovided on its under side with a wedge shaped groove having the faces24 and 25 of the same sise, shapeand slant as the upper faces 26 and 2Tof the head 8 upon which faces 26 and 2'?, the faces Qatand 25 abut `andare held in position by the threaded-nuts 28 andy 29, (Figs. 3 and 4f)on thc threaded bolt 19 above the block.

The section B of the mud-guard is raised into and secured in position byineens of an arni 30, (Fig. l) pivotally secured by the bolt 31, to theprojecting block on the .under surface of the section E. The arm 30nieves in a slot 33 with the support arm E (Figs. 3, 4, 5 and T)slightly wider than the arm 30. The face of the slot 35 is .lower andback of the face 34e of the saine slot by a slightly greater distancethan the width ofthe arm 30. v The slot 33 extends up into the member Eabove the face 35. The top of the slot 33 is a greater distance from thebolt 31, when, the part B is inlower/ed position than the length of thearm 30. The slot continues dgown the length of the member F below theface 34h The arm therefore moves 'freely in the slot 33 while the part1,3 is beingY lowered 'troni a horizontal position. j l

lntegral with' and .extending outward from the block 32, is a projection36 (Fig. 4') adapted to act a pedal tor use in lifting the section Binto the normal horizontal, dnstfpan closingr and mud-guarding position.The arm 80 (Figs. fl. and iS provided with a ratchet 3T. Scniedto 'thebracket arm E by the bolt 38 a pawl 39, the shank gtO'ot which composedof resilient metal, the same being secured in such position as to tendto keep the pawl 3f) constantly engaged with the teethioii the ratchet237. The teeth oit such ratchet 37 are turned outward so as to engagethepawl when the section B moved into position horizontally. The pawli139 is provided at its outer end' with a handle -ll by which the pawl39 is lifted 'lron'i engi'` -=n1ent with the teeth otl the ratchet 3Twhen it is desired 'to release the section B and .permit the sanne tofall into ka perpendicnlar position to allow the wheel mud-guard to beraised lont oi its normal. mud-guar ing position.

The bracket arm l), pivoted to the ilii'iune (l, (Fig. (3) ispermanently secured to the part A. and is held in position on thethreaded pivot-bolt l by the thi'ezuled-nnts et? and t3 screwed on thethreaded j'iirot-bolt l. Interposed between the bracket. arm l). and thenuts l2 and 43 is a stiil` coil sjnfing eti carried on the pivot-bolt l.`which is adapted to take up and damp any Vibration `in the bracket armD; whenfthe saine agitated by the motion of the vehicle, and in this wayany possible noise is deadened.

The operation ot my improved combined 'wheel and dust-pan mnd-guard isas `follows: To secure the inutil-guard in miid-guai'din` position thebolt i9 isswnng to one side7 and the bracket arm E is lowered until thesecuring' head 8 rests in the groove l1.V The boltv is Ythen raisedto aperpendicular' position, and the block 22 is pressed down upon the partS. The nat-s 28 and 29 are then screwed down upon the block 22, which isthns held tightly in placeso as to prevent movement when the Vehicle isin motion. The sect-ion 'B is then rsecured in position yby placing thetoot or hand against the projection 36 and pushing the same ilforwardand upward as ilar as it will go. The pawl '39 then engaging the teethot the ratchet preventsa cha-nge ot position o't' 'the section B. Tochange the position of the entire combined mudguardv mechanism, the pawl39 is first lifted out of engagement with the Ateeth ofthe' ratchet 37by gi'spingi` the handle il and pullingiipon the saine. The section Bthen falls into a Vperpenditzular position. so as to be out of the nognuts 28 and :29 are then nnscrewed so as to permit the raising of theblock 22 and the .swinging to one side of the bolt 19. The entiremud-guard mechanism is then rocked or .tilted forward on the pivot lsniiiciently "tan to be. out ot the way oi" one desiring access to themotor and sui'iiciently iar so as not to permit the same to tallbackward toward the rear ot the Vehicle. rlhe p Yfot or center oi?rotation oi'' the entire mud-guard is higher than thecenter of theforward wheel and hence the front oit' ythe wheel niud guard will comeinto contact with the front tire `when the entire mnd-guard is in theraised position and will thus be held and locked in the raised position.

It is evidentthat many changes and niodiications in the constructioncombination and 1 ioirback over the wheel; and a piif'ot-joint securingthe mud-guard to the vehicle adj acent to the 'forward end oit themud-guard.

2. -In a. motor-Vehicle, a front-wheel mndguard, extending when in theguarding position bach over the wheel; and a pivot-joint securing themnd-guard to the Vehicle adj af cent to the forward end ofthe'mnd-gnard, the construction and arrangement being such that whensuch mud-guard is thrown tiltingly upward and forward to the limit ofits movement upon the pivotjoint, it will be retained in such positionby its own gravity so as to permit free access to 'the motor-mechanismbeneath jthehood, and also access to the tonneau body through theadjacent sde-door. f

3. tn a motor-Vehicle, a front-wheel inndgua-rd, extending when in theguarding position bach over the wheel; a pivot-jointsecuring themud-guard to the vehicle adjacent to theforward end ot the mnd-gnard,the construction and arrangement being;v snchy `when suoli mnd-guard isthrown tiltingly upward `and ,forward tothe limit ofV its movementiipoii'the pivot-joint, it will be retained in such position by its owngravity and mechanism for' l ching the. mndfgnard in the lowered andmud-guarding position.

t. In device ot the class described, a vehicle mud-guard comprising.;`an outer wheel mud-guard part, and aA mnd-guard part extending beneaththe vehicle to forni ap'ortion yot` the bottom of: the dust-pan;

gaging the mud-guard parts from the vehicle.

5. ln a deviceoi the class described7 a.

l t) O vehicle mud-guard comprising an outer wheel mud-guard part and aninner mudguard part extending beneath the vehicle; .ine-ans f r securingboth mud-.guard yparts in mud-guarding position; means for changing theposition of the mud-'guard pivotally into non-inud-guarding positionwithout disengaging the mud-guard from the vehicle; and means forlocking the saine in such nonmud-guarding position. y

6. in a device of the class described, a vehicle mud-guard consisting oftwo mudguarding parts secured together by hinges; means for securing`one of such parts in horizontal position beneath the chassis andmechanism of the vehicle, means for removing such part from beneath thechassisvand mechanism, means for securing the otherfof such parts inhorizontal mud-guarding position outside the chassis of the vehicle andabove the'wheel, and means. for simultaneously tilting both parts intovertical position. V 7. n a device of the. class described, a vehiclemud-guard consisting` of two parts one of which is adapted to be securedbeneath the motor mechanism of the vehicle tov form a side portion ofthe dust pan bottom; means for removing such part from such position,and the other part adapted to form an outer wheel mud-guard; means forsecuring the latter in position by a support atits forward end pivotedto the frame of the vehicle and means for changingy the position ofbot-h parts from a horizontal position' to a substantially verticalposition while both of such Vparts are attached to such vehicle. vy 8.In a device of the class described, a lvehicle mud-guard consisting oftwo parts secured together by hinges,` means for securing the same tothe vehicle consisting of -two bracket supports. one of which is mountedpivotally upon the vehiclefabove and adjacent .tothe forward axlethereof and the other of which is secured to the mud-guard adjacent-'tothe rear thereof, means for securing the second support to the vehicleand means for changing the position of the mudguard parts so that themud-guard will be free to pass the chassis of the vehicle when themud-guard is tilted,

9. In a device of the class described, a vehicle mud-guard consisting oftwo parts', an upper wheel mud-.guard part and a lower engine mud-guardpart extending beneath the chassis of the vehicle, secured together byvhinges; means for securing the mudguard. to the vehicle consisting oftwo bracket-supports, one of which is mounted vpi-votally upon Ithevehicle adjacent to the forward axle thereof and the other of which ismounted upon the upper mud-guard part `adjacent to the rear thereof;means for securing theseoond bracket-supporti@ the 'front-wheelvmud-guard; a

fran'ie of the vehicle; means for securing the engine mud-guard part inmud-guarding position; means for changing the position of such mud-guardpart so .that it will be free to pass the chassis of the vehicle whenthe huid-guard is tilted.

l0. In a device of the class described, a vehicle mud-guard consistingof two parts secured together by hinges one of which parts extendsbeneath the chassis and motor of the vehicle, means for deadening thesound of vibration of such part and preventing the escape of liquidsfrom such part, and the other of whichparts is outside of the chassis ofthe vehicle, ineansffor securing themud-guard to the vehicle consistingof two bracket-supports, one of which is mounted pivotally upon vthevehicle above and adjacent to the forward axle thereof and the other ofwhich is free to change its position, means for securing the secondsupport to the vehicle, and means for changthe position of the mud-guardwhile attached to the vehicle.

ll. The combination with a motor vehicle, of a front wheel mud-guardpivoted to the vehicle frame at the forward end in such manner as to becapable of being thrown .to vertical position upon its pivot andretained in such position ;r a second combined dust-pan bottom andmud-guard pivotally secured to the inner edge of the wheel mud-guard soas to be swung forward into vertical position simultaneously therewith;

and means for locking the dust-pan mudguard in a horizontal positionbeneath the dust-pan of .the vehicle when the two mudguards are inlowered position..

lf3. Thecombination with a vehicle, of a wheel mud-guard pivoted at itsforward end part and a dust-pan mud-guard part hinged together; meansforI changing the position of the mud-guard without detachment from thevehicle and means for changing the position. of the dust-pan mud-guardwithout detachment from 'the vehicle and without changing the positionof the outer mudguard part.`

-- 14. The combination with a vehicle of a supportingbracket attached tothe vehicle-frame adjacent to the rear of the front traction wheel ofthevehicle, forming a pivotal support for the mud-guard in' connectiontherewith adjacent to the front end of the niud guard,

whereby when the mud-guard is thrown` forward upontho pivotal support soformed county and State of New York, this fifth to the limit of itsmovement it will, by its day of January, 1918. own gravit '1i bemaintained in such Joston l ,1 so as to snmltaneously allow free olccessto JAMES A" TA {LOR' 5 the motor-mechanism and to the tonneau Witnesses:

or body portion of the Vehicle. WILLIAM A. BASSETT,

Signed at the boroughof Manhattan, city, DARRELL HEVENOR SMTH.

